The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 12, 1928
Last Quarter
52.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:41 AM
12:35 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.3%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 66
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.0° / 238.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 33m / -19.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.21° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.65° / 6.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.14° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.